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Soldiers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 206 Collections and/or Records:

Joel W. McGrew military appointment certificate

 Collection — Folder B025
Identifier: B025
Scope and Contents This collection contains a certificate signed by Oliver P. Morton in Indianapolis, Indiana appointing Joel W. McGrew as a captain in the 27th Indiana Regiment on August 30, 1861.
Dates: 1861/08/30

John A. Botts poem

 Collection — Folder S1037
Identifier: S1037
Scope and Contents This collection includes an eleven stanza poem written by John A. Botts and dated June 12, 1863. The poem relates the movement and actions of Company C, 59th Indiana Regiment during the Vicksburg campaign of the U.S. Civil War. At the end of the poem there is a note dated June 25, 1863 from William Owen to Mary Owen that says, "Mary I send you this poetry and if you get it I want you to take good Cear [care] of it till I come home."
Dates: 1863/06/12

John B. Conway collection

 Collection — Folder S2520
Identifier: S2520
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photocopy of a diary created by Joseph Conway ranging from December 1917 to November 1919 from his enlistment in the Navy, time in France, and discharge. In addition to regular entries, the diary served as an address book and includes cash payments and expenses. There is also a copy of a letter from the brother and sister-in-law of a friend in the Navy who had recently passed away, dated December 1965.
Dates: 1917-1965

John B. Elliott diary

 Collection — Folder S2385
Identifier: S2385
Scope and Contents This collection includes a diary kept by John B. Elliott of Harrison County, Indiana while he served with Company K, 59th Regiment, Indiana Infantry. The entries begin on October 4, 1862 during the Battle of Corinth and ends on April 30, 1863 with his regiment near Vicksburg. His diary provides a view of camp life and the labor of war.The collection also includes an undated clipping of an illustration of one of the locomotive engines built by Hinkley and Drury of Boston,...
Dates: 1862-1863

John C. Anderson letters

 Collection — Folder S025
Identifier: S0025
Scope and Contents This collection includes two letters. and an accompanying typed transcript, from John C. Anderson in Murfreesboro and Chattanooga, Tennessee to his brother, James L. Anderson in La Porte, Indiana on January 15, 1863 and October 10, 1863, regarding army life and the battles at Murfreesboro and Chattanooga during the American Civil War.
Dates: 1863

John Cashner diary

 Collection — Folder S3049
Identifier: S3049
Scope and Contents This collection contains a photocopied transcription of a Civil War Era diary maintained by John Cashner during his time with Company E of the 13th Indiana Infantry Regiment. The diary begins on November 3rd, 1861 and journal entries go up to May 29th, 1862. Generally, there is a brief entry for every single day detailing the salient events that happened on that day. Topics covered include winter encampments, picket duty, items that were purchased and/or retrieved and daily camp life among...
Dates: 1861-1862

John H. Long letter

 Collection — Folder S2217
Identifier: S2217
Scope and Contents This collection includes two photostatic copies of a June 24, 1864 letter sent to William Archibald and written by John H. Long while he served at the general hospital at Kingston, Georgia during the Civil War. Long discusses the lodge of the International Order of Good Templars (I.O.G.T.), the movements of his regiment from Camp Nelson, Kentucky to Kingston during the Atlanta campaign, and the establishment of the hospital in buildings the Confederate Army had erected for the same purpose. The...
Dates: 1864/06/24

John H. Ream discharge paper

 Collection — Folder S2508
Identifier: S2508
Scope and Contents This collection include the discharge certificate of John Henry Ream, who served in the Minute Men (106th Indiana Regiment) in the U.S. Civil War, specifically during Morgan's 1863 Raid into Indiana. The certificate, issued by the Adjutant General's Office is dated June 18, 1892, and is signed by N. R. Ruckle, Adjutant General. The document states that John H. Ream was a corporal in Company C, 106th Regiment, Indiana Minute Men, from July 10-15, 1863.
Dates: 1863

John L. Coburn collection

 Collection
Identifier: L034
Scope and Contents The collection includes 9 of John Coburn’s letter books rangin from 1879 to 1903, chiefly relating to his Indianapolis law practice, but also including letters on Republican Party politics, local civic activities, and Indiana history; correspondence regarding political appointments, and his work on banking and military affairs; other correspondence regarding politics; correspondence and financial papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Augustus Coburn, including papers relating to...
Dates: 1813-1904

John L. Ketcham collection

 Collection — Folder S2469
Identifier: S2469
Scope and Contents The collection contains five letters written by John L. Ketcham to his children relating to family matters and service during the U.S. Civil War, ranging from 1852 to 1869. There are also newspaper clippings relating to Ketcham and members of his family (circa 1898-1910, undated) and 2 programs from Wabash College (1862-1863).
Dates: 1852-1910, undated